Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1929, Page 68

THE AMERICAN LEGION. MEETINGS THIS WEEK. April 8, U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue northwest, 8 pm. April 9, Victory Post, Wood- men's Hall, 935 Grant place northwest, 8 pm. April 12, membership commit- tee, Room 1046, United States Veterans’ Bureau, 8 p.m. April 12, opening session, Child Welfare Conference, Cairo Hotel, 9:30 am. April 13, closing session, Child Welfare Conference, Cairo Hotel, 9:30 am. Undaunted by the loss of the Henry D. Lindsley trophy in the membership campaign on- April 1, th> members of the Department of ths District of Co- lumbia, headed by Department Comdr. Harlan Wood of the American Legion, are now striving to capture the first Kentucky membership derby, which closes the middle of next month. According to the latest reports from national headquarters, the Department of the District of Columbia is leading the 52 department entries on the track, with the Department of Hawaii, which won the Lindsley trophy, runner-up. ‘The District has 112,84 per cent of 1ls 1929 membership quota paid up, while the District auxiliary has 166.90 of its 1929 quota paid up, giving the District an average per centage of both organ- izations of 139.90. Hawali has a Legion paid-up percentage of 150.28 for this year, while its auxiliary has only 53.11 per cent of its 1929 quota paid up, which hauls its general average down to 101.70 for both organizations. The De- partment of Wyoming is third with 90.54; Panama fourth, with 87.85, and Michigan fifth in the race, with 87.23. If the District continues to hold first place, as it has for several weeks, it has an excellent chance of capturing the derby and with it the first prize, which will be awarded at the eleventh annual national convention at Louis- ville next Fall. Department Comdr. Wood is urging all legionnaires and members of the auxiliary to pay up their dues for this year, with the hope of winning this national event. Of interest to local Legionnaires is the Area “B” Child Welfare Conference of the American Legion, which wil be held at the Cairo Hotel April 12 and 13. Area “B” comprises the States of New York, New Jersey, Pensylvania, Dela- ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir- ginia and the District of Columbia. Representatives of the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, the Forty [ Costello Unit, No. 15, was held Tues- day in the District Building. The president, Mrs. Murray, appointed a chairman for the entertainment and welfare work and a sergeant-at-arms, assistant secretary, second vice presi- dent and publicity manager were elected. Plans were completed for the making of the poppies for Memorial day, and the first poppy meeting was held last Friday night at the home of Mrs, Willilam Franklin, 1743 Church street. All members of the unit are asked to help in the making of these popples. A card party will be held by the unit April 11, at 8 o'clock, at 1750- Massa- chusetts avenue. The next meeting will be held April 16. Costello Post, No. 15, held its regular meeting Tuesday in the boardroom of | the District Building, with Comdr. At- kins presiding. Sixteen new members | were admitted, making the present mem- bership 743. The officers initiated the fol- lowing: Walter Willoughby, Antonio Dama, Charles Cole, George Banchard, Gregory _Cipriani, Christos Spandon, Maurice Daras, J. Walter Scott, Phillips Deadano, Henry A. Peckham, R. M. Smith, PFrank D'Andrea, John Mc- Grath, Hyman Popkin, Stephen Berkill, Hendrick Moldrys, James G. Cummings, Jesse P. Porch, Allen L. Simmons. The two membership teams of the post have started their work for the dinner to be given by the post to the winning team. Comrade Scandiff won the $5 prize for collecting the most money at the exhibition last Sunday afternoon. The plans for the minstrel show and participation of the drum and bugie | corps in the Winchester Apple Blos- | som Festival are going forward. This | event will be held the latter part of | April. Arrangements have been com- | pleted for a card party to be held by the Costello Post Auxiliary April 11 at 1750 Massachusetts avenue. Members of the drum and bugle corps have been measured for their uniforms and it is expected that they will be finished in time for the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. Veterans of Foreign Wars. i MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Monday—National Capital Post birthday celebration, Pythian ‘Temple. | | Tuesday—TNT ‘Tent, Cooties, Roma Inn, De Sales street. {L. Tait, elected the first depariment i partment commanders: to | Virginia an the term spect to the training camps, Those veterans who are i:wmd in C. M. T. C. matters or are Informed of any otherwise ified young men who desire to attend the camps ild com- municate with Lieut., Beattle at 1827 Kenyon street, National Capital Post, No. 127, Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, will commem- orate its tenl birthday anniversary tomorrow evening at Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street. John J. Allen, chairman, announced that the enterainment committee will present an elaborate program, which is to be a stag affair. Invitations have been mailed all officers and members of the local ‘department and department officers of Maryland. The post has been represented .at every department and national conven- tion, and also has the distinction of having one of its members, Col. George ment held at Indianapolis, week in August, 1928, and Col. L. Tait; 1921, Dr. Rev, Harrison D. Beyer, Ge Neuner and Val Branden; 1923, Branden; 1924, Joseph B. 1927, John J. Plerce; Allen; Under U. 8. Plan. commander. Following members have | tempt at Al held the distinet honor of being de- Samuel N. Jacobson, Gen. Anton Stephan and Francis C. Huhn. Past Comdr. George J. Neuner was the first member of the local department to be elected to the office of National Council member, rep- resenting the fourth district, includin the States of Maryland, Virginia, Wes! FORWARD-LOOKING duction in retail prices here. management uses ‘“American ready market. | | Wednesday—Columbia Post, Cir- | cle Club; Overseas Drum and i Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory. Thursday—Potomac Post, North- east Masonic Temple. Friday — Strawn - Turner Post, Firemen's Hall, Seat Pleasant, Val . Gardella; 1925, Danlel J, Leahy; 1926, !:nzenle"%, Ruben C. Muschlitz and present Comdr. Oscar W. Hollingsworth. BUYING “READY-MADES.” Berlin Finds Men’s Clothes Cheaper BERLIN ()—The first German at- srican standardization in men's clothing caused a 20 per cent re- A chain of stores under a central style” quantity production and sells ready- made suits at rates substantially lower than those of any of the Berlin tailors. ‘The standardized sults are finding a d District of Columbia, for of two years, 1929 and 1930, at the twenty-ninth National Encamp- Ind, last The commanders of the post since its organization April 11, 1919, are: 1919, George J. Neuner; 1920, r H. Hale George . Olif- ford C. Cox and George L. Tait; 1922. The quarterly convention of the Dis- trict Woman's Christian Temperance Unions will be held in Bethany Baptist Church, Rhode Island avenue between Second and Third streets, Tuesday, April 9, beginning at 10 am, Mrs. N. M. Pollock, District president, W. C. T. U., will preside, The regular reports of the district officers and directors will be given dur- ing the day. ‘The main address of the forenoon ses- sion will given by Edward E. Simoni, member of the Pan-American Union staff. In the afternoon Mrs. Giles Scoft Rafter will speak of the Parent-Teach- ers’ movement, and Bert W. Andrews will explain the Jones-Stalker bill. ‘There will be special music and demon- strations, and always there are sur- prises. Mrs. E. C. Stanton, director of inter- | national relations department, has ar- ranged for a study class, which will con- sider Uruguay, its history, customs and treaitles, for three evenings. The first | meeting will be held at W. C. T. U. headquarters, 522 Sixth street, Friday evening, April 12. The public is invited, PEOPLE v and each union is urged to send at least two representatives. ‘The Anna A. Gordon Union met re- cently at the home of Mrs. John E. Taylor, Geranium and Thirteenth streets. Mrs. Taylor, vice president, presided. Mrs, George Wells used an Easter lesson as th: Scripture lesson. The minutes were read by Mrs. Elsie Wilson, recording secretary, The treasurer, Mrs. W. B. Berlin, was absent, owing to ll- ness. The routine business was dispatched, including donations to two projects. Mrs, 8, Scott McBride, wife of superin- tendent of National Anti-Saloon League, spoke of her department’s work—flower mission and relief—explaining the dif- ferent met _used by the various unions, and gave as an illustration that North Sfar Union had arranged that each patient at Tuberculosis Hospital was assigned to a member of this union, who, in turn, sent birthday greetings. Mrs. Carl B. Apple was appointed to direct this department in this union. Dr. Lauretta Kress, district vice presi- dent, also director of the health and narcotic department, gave a health les- son, explaining the good and bad effects of certain menus. She also told of her work in Juvenile Court. Three new members were introduced. Mrs. R. C. Althouse, a vice president, mla::d the hostess in serving refresh- mants. ILL INVES Maj. W. L. Peak, rational commander of the Army and Navy Union, an- nounces that the forty-first annual na- tional convention of the Army and Navy Union wili be held n this city September 10 to 13, inclusive. Official announcement as to the location of con- vention headquarters will be made later. In general orders "No. 2, issued by Comdr. Peak, announcement is made of the return to the organization of Lottia A. Zell Garrison, No. 146. This gar- rison has recently been reorganized and gives promise of being & real active unit ‘n the organization. In reporting on the representation in the recent inaugural parade the bulletin states that the National Corps, in com- mand of Maj. Peak, with other national officers, augmented by local officers, composed. & body of men comparable to and in some instances greater than other veteran organizations in the line of march. The delegation was headed the largest in the line of march. The position of the Army and Navy Union veterans. National headquarters has received a letter from Gen. Anton Stephan, chair- man of the parade committee, stating TIGATE by a drum corps of 49 pleces, which was | in the parade was next to the Civil War | THIS its Announcement is made of the fcllow- ing appointments: National deputies and organizers—Jacob Gubler, New York; Albert V. Gress, Ohlo; Willlam N. Me- Kelvy, District of Columbia. and M. J. Summerfield, Maryland. National aides. de-camps—P. F. MacWilkie, Pennsylva- nia; Nicholas Korngold, Illinois; Edward (it Gt A0 L SR ot ), . J. 'noe Al . J. n, District of Columbia. ol 3 Boost Italian Art Loan. LONDON (#).—Art interests are boosting an idea for a loan exhibition here of Italian art, similar to the show- ing last season of the works of Dutch masters. Proponents of the scheme hope the Italian snd Vatican authorities iwlll send some of their choicest paint- ngs. Burn Fat Geese for Fuel. | COPENHAGEN (#).—The Danish steamer Nidaros, icebound in the Baltic in the recent cold snap, kept its boilers going by burning its cargo of fat Rus- sian geese after its coal was exhausted. 'n-;n t\;:ul had plenty of power when it g . CAR and Eight and the Eight and Forty | from these States and the District of | Columbia will attend the sessions of the | Md. : conference. Dr. Samuel Loveman of Toms River, N. J,, chairman of Area “B” of the na- tional child welfare committee of the American Legion, will preside at the conference. Severally nationally known persons interested in child welfare work will address the conference. Edwin Hollenback, national vice chairman of the American child welfare committee and past department commander of Pennsylvania, will be present, as will also John Crowley, chairman of Area “A” of the national child welfare com- mittee, which comprises the New En Jand States; Miss Emma C. Puscl ner, national director of the child wt fare division, and Miss Marjorie A. Pre vost, regional service officer for Area “B.’ All Legionnaires, members of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Forty and Eight and Eight and Forty are in- vited to the sessions of the conference. A dinner will be given at the Cairo Hotel on April 12 and will be followed by dancing. Mrs. Mary Esther Kolhos, department child welfare officer, is in charge of reservations for the dinner. Miss Helen G. O'Neill, national child welfare officer. is in charge of the de- tails of the two-day conference. Two other areas, it is reported, have held | successful conferences and Area “B” is | expected to be in line with the other | areas. Past Department Commander Watson B. Miller, who is chairman of the na- tional rehabilitation committee, an- mounces that the failure of the World War veterans hospital construction bill to pass at the recent session of Con- gress has greatly accentuated an al- ready acute situation with relation to the scarcity of beds for veterans suffer- ing with mental diseases. The gravity of the situation with reference to the hospitalization of the mental group is graphically indicated, Chairman Miller says, by a statement recently made by the Department of Mental Hygiene of the State of New York that, based upon past experience, there will probably be, among a group of 3,500,000 World War veterans, 154,000 who at the average age of 35 years will develop serious mental dis- eases. The Government at the present time has under hospitalization close to 14,000 veterans suffering with various mental disorders, with practically no hospital beds available for further ad- missions. There are extensive waiting lists at nearly all Government neuro- psychiatric hospitals. Mental and nervous cases among veterans are de- veloping at an alarming rate, particu- larly in the large centers of population, such as New York and Chicago. The situation is especially critical in Chi- cago. The hospitals in Iilinois, both Government and State, Chairman Mil- ler says, long since reached their ca- pacities and in some of these State institutions it is reported that patients are sleeping in hallways and corridors because of a lack of bed space. ‘The American Legion in America as wall as in France reverently observed the pasing of their former allied com- mander, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, and all of the departments and the 10,000 posts in this country will carry a streamer of crepe on the legion banners for a period of 30 days in his honor. ‘The day of the funeral in Paris, March 26, the American Legion was officially represented at the request of National Comdr. Paul V. McNutt by Gen. John J. Pershing, a member of George Washington Post of this city, and of which Marshal Foch was also & member; S. P. Bailey, national exec- utive committeeman of the Depart- ment of France, and Albert B. Cudebec, vice commander of the Department of France, representing Comdr. Charles Hicks, who was in America. Gen. Pershing’s cablegram in reply to one sent by National Comdr. McNutt was as follows: “As representative of the Army and the A. E. F., embracing all Veterans, shall be glad to serve as chairman_of delegation of American Legion. Shall attend funeral as pall- bearer.” Gen. Pershing js now the only living honorary national com- mander since the death of Marshal Foch. Memorial services were held by many posts in America. The next regular meeting of the U.'S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, the American Legion, will be held at ége will "%a&uc: of ‘:he G;nt{- est, Battle in tory,” givi irst- hand information of his observations of the World W: The six boys from the Noel House Community Center, accompanied by Boyd Hines, director, will be guests on this occasion. These boys are competing for the U. S. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, award for best results from their gar- , and in this_connection a repre- , tive of the Department of Agri- sentative Mpl o to Now that ali posts have made their selections of delegates to the annual en- campment of the District of Columbia Department of the Veterans of For | Wars, the principal topic of convers: tion among the veterans for the next two months will be “Who will be our |next department commander?” At | the present time only one post has come | out in the open with a candidate for the | position, Front Line Post having selected Capt. Harvey L. Miller for the coveted | honor. It is felt, however, by the lead- ers of the organization that several other posts will come out with “favorite sons” seeking the highest office in the local department. A committee appointed by Comdr. Lockhead is scouring the city for a suitable place for the encampment to convene. The members of this com- mittee are Edward H. Bettelneim, jr. chairman; George J. Neuner and the commanders of the six subordinate posts of the department, O. H. Hollingsworth, National Capital Post; J. W. Campbell, Equality-Walter Reed Post; John J. Hart, Columbia Post; W. P. Lapin, Fed- eral Post; F. J. Kelley, Potomac Post; H. L. Miller, Front Line Post. The 2-Door Sedan, $1145 Body by Fisher fllfl/(ed -another All- American feature Charles F. Reilley, past department commeander and chairman of the 1929 buddy poppy committee of this depart- ment, is enthusiastic over the prospects of a successful buddy poppy campaign for this year and predicts that more than 100,000 of the flowers will be dis- tributed in the District of Columbia. This number is far in excess of any ever reached in previous campaigns by the local V. F. W. National Capital Post will observe its tenth birthday anniversary tomorrow night in Pythian Temple. John Allen is in charge of the arrangements. A vaudeville program has been arranged. Ten acts, in addition to the Overseas Drum and Bugle Corps of the District of Columbia department, will be pre- sented. Senor Michele Giuffree, who returned to this country only a few months ago from Milan, Itely, will be an added attraction in a few piaro se- lections. Potomac Post was host to a large gathering of V. F. W. members at an open meeting last week at its hall in Northeast Masonic Temple. Every post in the department was largely repre- sented and enjoyed the entertaining vaudeville program that was arranged. The Ladies’ Auxiliary dispensed re- freshments at the conclusion of the meeting. C. F. Belt was chairman of the committee in charge. ‘The Overseas Drum and Bugle Corps was issued uniforms at the meet- ing Wednesday night. The corps made a presentable showing Thursday eve- ning at the Raleigh Hotel, when it es- corted the new officers of the Reserve Officers’ Association info the banquet hall for their induction into office. Attention will now be focused on the big V. F. W. day to be staged by the corps at the Fox Theater next Sunday. Officer-in-charge Harvey L. Miller in- tends to increase the rehearsals during the coming week in order to smooth out some of the rough edges now existing. The corps will open each show at the theater next Sunday with an eight- minute program of marches and drum solos. Forty fully equipped musicians ““;,. covx;\pnse this new unit of the local | The next meeting of TNT Tent of the Cooties will be held at the Roma Inn. on De Sales street, Tuesday eve- ning. This will inaugurate a new policy, recently adopted by this fun-making organization, of holding each meeting at a different place. At the meeting of the Walter Reed Post, at St. Paul's Hall, 1435 V street, March 21, there was presented by Ar- iniimeit comgaitee, T originel Freneh com! X original French playlet, “La Faim.est un Grand In- venteur.” The cast included Madames Chaconas, Johnson and Fowle, and Messrs. Martin and Haverty. The per- formance, a one-act play, was laid in a small village in France and presented that arouses owners' enthusiasm . . . high efficiency in any weather. They arealways positive and smooth in action . « . always exceptionally quiet. Consider the delivered price as well as the list price when comparing automobile values. 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